Nov 19th, 2020: Legacy

 

Legacy: A Legacy for the Ages — The Detroit Church

I am leaving today for Montreal to be at my father's funeral. I have been thinking a lot about the meaning of legacy as I read other people's tributes to him. He would be the first one to say that what he accomplished in his life was not that big a deal. So what we think about when we consider legacy?


The legacy of knowing God: Knowing God is not that simple for us sometimes. We have the gift of making things more complicated than they should be. When we are afraid of discovering who we are, it becomes more challenging to know God. We can't know God without having the desire to have intimacy with Him. 


The legacy of being a lover of God and His people: What we love reveals the essence of the true God in our lives. We cannot claim that our lives are about Him while there is little evidence or none to indicate so. When we learn to love people, we will appreciate the capacity that God has given us. Our ability to love depends on our freedom to acknowledge others as God's precious gifts to us.


The legacy of having inner peace: That is the peace that passes all understanding. It is the peace that grants us the tranquillity of our heart to deal with the constant turmoil of the external world. We don't have a lot of control over it. We only have the freedom to let God be the center of our internal existence. We don't need to understand. We have the privilege to embrace others as God's gifts to us.


Receive the love of God where you are today and in whatever you do.


"Be careful to obey all these words that I command you, that it may go well with you and with your children after you forever when you do what is good and right in the sight of the Lord your God." - Deuteronomy 12: 18

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